2012 OMS Association Short Course Meters Championship Meet

Sanctioned by Oregon Masters Swimming, Inc. for USMS, Inc. • Sanction #372-04

HOSTED BY:

Columbia Gorge Masters

Hood River Aquatic Center

1601 May Street, Hood River, OR

ELIGIBILITY: Currently registered USMS swimmers, 18 years and older.

DATE: Fri., Sat. & Sun. April 13-15, 2012

Friday:

Warm-ups: 3pm — Meet starts: 4pm

Saturday:

Warm-ups: 8am — Meet Starts: 9am

Sunday:

Warm-ups: 8am — Meet Starts: 9am

MEET DIRECTOR: Sandi Rousseau, 503-806-7020, swim@gorge.net

DIRECTIONS TO THE POOL:

ENTRY DEADLINE: Online entry preferred. Online entries due 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Friday, March 30, 2012. Paper entries must be POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN Friday, March 30, 2012.

AGE GROUPS: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, etc. up to 100+. Relay age groups: 72-99, 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, 200-239, 240-279, etc. You may enter a maximum of 6 individual events plus unlimited relays with no more than 5 individual events per day. Enter relays at the meet. Only 200 meter relays will be counted for team points. The 400 and 800 distances of relays will be offered only as time permits, as determined by the Meet Director.  You may swim the 200, 400 & 800 meter distance of each relay only once. The 400 IM, 400, 800 & 1500 freestyles will be deck seeded. Check-in deadlines for these events and for relays are listed below and on the Guidelines Page available on the OMS Website. All events will be seeded SLOW TO FAST. Your team must be registered for 2012 in order to score points.

400 IM (1)

1500 FREE (2)

100 IM (3)

50 BREAST (4)

200 FREE (5)

100 FLY (6)

* break*

FREE RELAYS (7-12)

100 BACK (13)

200 BREAST (14)

50 FREE (15)

* break*

MIXED MEDLEY RELAYS (16-17)

800 FREE (18)

400 FREE (19)

Break- 20 minute warm-up, event 20 will not start before 10 am

50 FLY (20)

200 BACK (21)

100 BREAST (22)

* break*

MEDLEY RELAYS (23-26)

100 FREE (27)

200 FLY (28)

50 BACK (29)

200 IM (30)

* break*

MIXED FREE RELAYS (31-33)

Please plan to attend the OMS Annual Meeting at the Hood River Hotel on Saturday at 5:00 PM -  and be a part of this great organization!

Friday, April 13: 400 IM – 3:30 PM / 1500 Free – 4:00 PM

Saturday, April 14: 800 Free – Start of the 200 Breast

Sunday, April 15: 400 Free - 8:30 AM

Saturday, April 14: Free Relays – 9:30 AM / Mixed Medley Relays - The end of the 100 Back.

Sunday, April 15: Medley Relays – The end of the 50 Fly / Mixed Free Relays - The end of the 100 Free.

THE EVENTS LISTED ABOVE WILL BE OFFICIALLY CLOSED AT THE STATED TIMES.

SEEDING FOR DISTANCE AND RELAY EVENTS WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT THESE TIMES.

THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS FOR LATE ENTRIES OR LATE CHECK-INS.

TEAM SCORING: Only teams registered by March 30, 2012, will be able to score points. There will be three team categories (Small, Medium, and Large) based upon the number of swimmers entered in the meet for each team. There will be a meeting of all the team representatives on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 8:45 AM to vote on the breakdown of the teams into these three categories. Swimmers from LMSCs outside of Oregon are allowed to enter but are not scored in the team competition. Full team names and their abbreviations are listed below and on the 2012 OMS registration form in the most current issue of the Aqua Master. Someone from your team must register the team for 2012.

The team registration form is included in the Aqua Master and on the OMS website. Please make sure your team is registered.

  

What you write down on your entry form is your team designation for the meet and no exceptions will be allowed. If you leave this Local Team space blank you will be entered as representing the team listed on your 2012 USMS Registration for scoring purposes.

TEAM AWARDS: Awards for First, Second, and Third Place will be awarded for each team category

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AB0UT THE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THIS MEET, PLEASE CONTACT: Wes Edwards, wesedwards.backstroker@comcast.net (503) 460-7989.

ACCOMMODATIONS:  Hotel information can be found on the meet guidelines page posted on the OMS website calendar at http://www.swimoregon.org/calendar.php

Friday, April 13, 2012 - Session 1 - Friday

Saturday, April 14, 2012 - Session 2 - Saturday

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - Session 3 - Sunday